Mechanical-figure toy



Dec. 11 1923. 11,477,412

R. R. ADAMS MECHANICAL FIGURE TOY Filed Nov. 7, 1922 2 Shets-Sheet 1 wee, 11 i923. 3,477,412

. R.- R. AAMS MECHANICAL FIGURE TOY Filed Nov. '7, 1.922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 7 J9... fin.

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UNETEE STATES ROBERT E. ADAIVIS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MECHANICAL-FIGURE TOY.

Application filed November 7, 1922. Serial No. 599,572.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT R. AnAMs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ll lechanical-Figure Toys; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to ake and use the same.

The invention has relation to an article which partakes ot the nature of a toy and which is adapted for use as an advertising medium, since it may be utilized to demonstrate the difference between washing clothes by hand and the modern method by machine, the device representing a pail or tub mounted upon a bench or stand, a washhoard therein, and the figure of a woman in the act of washing clothes by rubbing the same over the washboard, the upper portion of the figure being adapted to reciprocate and the head mounted to turn independently, the operating mechanism being such that during the turning of the head the upper portion or the body remains station-- ary.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

While the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet difierent conditions and requirements, Various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature or the invention.

deterring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of: the application,

Figure 1 is a side view, parts being broken away,

Figure 2 is a detail view of a portion of the connection between the head and the drive member,

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the parts shown in Figure 2,

Figure 4: is a sectional detail of a portion of the train of gearing,

Figure 5 is a rear view with the plate removed,

Figure 6 is a detail section on the line 66 of Figure 5,

Figure 7 is a detail edge view of? the drive member, and

Figure 8 is an enlarged detail side eleration of the cam, showing the flattened portion of the sleeve and the leaf spring cooperating therewith.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The device when constructed on a comitiarative-ly small scale is designed as a toy, but when full size or nearly so is adapted for advertising purposes to direct attention to the difference between the old way of washing clothes by hand and the modern method of washing the same by machine. In either'adaptation of use, the device involves substantially the same construction and arrangement of parts which includes a base 1, a bench or stand 2, atub or pail 3, a washboard within the tub or pail and a figure representative of a woman in the act of Washing clothes by hand, said figure being mounted on the base 1 to one side of the bench 52 and tub 3 with a rubber 5 adapted to operate over the washboard 4 in simulation of rubbing clothes thereover.

In the present instance, the figure is shown as comprising a lower portion 6 which is fixed and an upper portion 7 which is pivoted and adapted to oscillate in substantially the same manner as the upper portion of a person performing the operation of washing clothes by hand. The upper portion 7 includes a head 8 which is movable therewith and mounted to turn independently thereof, and a pivoted member 9 representing the arms and hands which carry the rubber As the upper portion T of the figure vibrates or oscillates, the head 8 and pivoted member 9 move therewith and the rubber 5 moves up and down over the washboard l. The parts 6 and 7 may be of any preferred construction and may be draped or finished in any manner to represent a wash woman. In the present instance, the lower portion 6 contains a motor and operating mechanism whereby the upper portion 7 is oscillated and the head 8 turned. The motor and operating mechanism may be of any preferred construction, depending upon the specific structure, finish and adaption of the device.

As shown, the motor embodies a clock spring 10, winding shaft 11 and drive member 12 mounted upon the winding shaft 11 and having the usual ratchet connection member 12. The gear wheel 17 is in mesh with a pinion 18 fast to a shaft 19 upon which is mounted a gear wheel 20 which in turn meshes with a pinion 21 secured to a shaft 22 whichcarries a scape-wheel 23 with which cooperates a pallet lever .24, whereby the speed of the motor and train of gearing is controlled. A sleeve 25 is loosely mounted upon the shatt 15 and is provided with a pinion 26 and a cam 27. The pinion 26 is in the plane of the mutilated or interrupted toothed portion 14: of the drive member 12 so as to be intermittently actuated by the latter. The cam 27 cooperates with an arm 28 which is fast to the pivot 29 of the .upper portion 7 of the figure whereby to vibrate or oscillate the same. A portion oi the sleeve 25 is flattened-atone side as indicated at .30 and cooperates with a flat sprinfg 31, whereby to hold the sleeve 25 and parts 26 and 27 stationary during the interval of travel of the interrupted portion of the toothed part 1 10f the member 12 past the pinion 26 and during this interval,'the upper portion 7 of the figure is stationary and the head '8 is turned to one side and resumes its normal position.

The head .8 is. secured to the projecting endof a shaft 32 which is journaled to the upper portion of the part 7. A vertical shatt 33 is jou'rnaled to the lower part 6 of the figure and is coupled to-the. shaft 32 so as to turn the latter and the .head The shafts 32 and 2-33 being differently positioned may be connected in any manner for simultaneous rotation and, as shown, a plurality of links 34, 35, 36 and 37 are utilized for this purpose and are representative out and may be replaced by a flexible shaft of any nature. The lower end of the vertical shaft .33 is laterally offset. as indicated at 38 and normally projects withinthe path of a cam 89 carried by the drive member 12, said cam being located opposite the interrupted toothed portion 14L of the drive member so as to effect a turning of the head 8 during the interval that the upper portion '7 of the v figure is 'stationary.

What is claimed is: 1. In a device of the character specified, a figure including a pivoted portion and a head carried by the pivoted portion and mounted to receive an independent rotary movement, a drive member including a con- .tinuously toothed portion and an interrupted toothed portion, actuating means for imparting a vibratory movement to the pivoted portion of the figure including a cam adapted to be intermittently driven by the interrupted toothed portion of the drive member, and actuating means for eiiectinlg a turning of said head and including a cam associated with the continuously toothed portion ofthe drive member, the parts being disposed whereby to eiiect a. turning of the head during the intervals of rest between the vibrations of the pivoted portion ot'the figure. I

2. In a device of the character specified, a figure including a pivoted portion and a head carried thereby and mounted to receive an independent rotary movement, a drive member including a continuously toothed portion and-an interrupted toothed portion, a train of gearing including an escapement and driven by means of the continuously toothed portion of said drive member, power transmitting means between the said head and drive member including a cam whereby the head is intermittently rotated, and power transmitting means between the said pivoted portion of the figure and the interrupted toothed portion of the drive-member whereby said pivoted portion otthe figure is vibrated during the intervals of rest or inaction of the said head. v

-3. In a device of the character specified, a figure including a pivoted portion and a head carried thereby and mounted for independent rotary movement, a drive member includinga'continuously toothed portion and aninterrupted waned portion, a train of gearing including'an .escapement in mesh with the continuously toothed portion of the drive member, asleeve having'a flattened side, a spring coacting with the flattened side oi the sleeve, a pinion'ifast to the sleeve and adapted to be intermittently operated by the interrupted toothed portion of said drive member, acam fast to said sleeve, power transmitting means between the pivoted portion of the figure and said cam to be intermittently actuated thereby, acam 

